East of England

Welcome to the East of England Branch. Click here to view committee details.

The East of England AGM 2023 was held on the 18th January 2023. You can view the below notes:

• East of England Branch AGM minutes

Atul Vadher, the East of England Branch Chair, has worked within the Credit industry for over 30 Years, specialising in the full Order to Cash cycle. Please click here for a short biography.

We decided some years ago when we were Essex Branch that the old branch system of meetings needed a spring clean. Members said that they were busy; they didn’t want old style Branch meetings. They didn’t always have the time to travel from one end of the county to another for branch evening meetings, but instead they would like to join in with branch activity – and having a Branch section on the CICM website like this one, along with our Branch LinkedIn website, would create the branch feel without the travelling and the hassle! This became even more important when we because East of England Branch and grown our geographic boundaries by absorbing Suffolk and Norfolk Branches as well as part of Thames Valley Branch.

Consequently we abandoned routine Branch meetings and instead held large free to attend conferences, with industry leading speakers, such as our successful Fraud, Law and Insolvency Conferences, Improving Credit Management in the Workplace, and a Fraud, Risk and Cybercrime Conference. These were all held, at the wishes of our members and with the full support of CICM London Branch, during the day in central London because many of our Branch members work in central London. We managed to keep these conferences entirely free of charge to attend by obtaining support and sponsorship from leading companies such as Hays Credit Management, Goodman Masson, and Baker Tilley.

Before the Covid lockdown in 2020 we held a series of smaller events and workshops around our very large patch, in Brentwood, Chelmsford, Cambridge and Norwich. These were well attended, popular and well received by our members and guests.

Soon we hope to resume face to face events, as well as Zoom ones, and perhaps hybrid ones – depending on what our members want.

So make sure you add this part of the website, along with the CICM East of England LinkedIn Group, to your favourites and send through to the Branch Secretary, any ideas so this site can be tailored to the needs of the membership. Members wishing to join the Committee are most welcome.

We look forward to working with you and developing this, and our LinkedIn websites, in order to make certain that CICM members located in Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk, and parts of Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire, and Northamptonshire have representation and a say in how we move forward.

Resources, Webinars and Past Events

East of England Branch AGM and Insolvency Update
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Trade Credit Insurance Protection – friend or foe?
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How technology and automation in accounting has changed since the pandemic
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Return to the office, What you need to know
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East of England Branch AGM & Insolvency & Legal Updates
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Emergency guide to credit control for all levels
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Business challenges of Credit during and after Covid 19 and how to tackle them
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How do you asses risk Post-Pandemic?
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Covid-19 Credit Managers Playbook II  – hosted by Chris Sanders FCICM, CICMQ Head of Accreditation.
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Business Challenges of Credit During and after Covid 19 & How to tackle them
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Emergency Guide to Credit Control for All Levels
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Stand out from the crowd – Employment tips for Students through to Credit Professionals in a difficult climate – hosted by Hays and Goodman Masson.
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Stand out from the crowd – Education is Key
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Stand out from the crowd – How to Ace an Interview
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Tips and tricks to help you ace an interview.
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How to Assess Risk Post Pandemic.
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Are Credit Professionals ready for 2021 way of working?
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Navigating the roadmap back to work.
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An Audience with Sue Chapple.
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A day in the life of a Court Enforcement Officer
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East of England Branch Committee
Covering all of the Counties of Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk, and parts of Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire and Northamptonshire.

E: eastofenglandbranch@cicm.com

Name	Position	Telephone
Atul Vadher FCICM	Chairman	07531359554
Richard Brown FCICM	Vice Chairman and Governance Advisor	07710392934
William Plom	Secretary	07799807898
Mark Maynard MCICM	Finance	01268 745556
Liam Hastings	Deputy HQ and Social Media Liaison	07412259949
Naimesh Khetia MCICM	HQ and Social Media Liaison	07710857013
Katherine Bailey FCICM	Education and Learner Liaison	07956490889
Andy Moylan FCICM	Events organiser and presenter	07968955275
Steve Walsh	Events organiser and presenter	01277 206400
Lorna Westgarth-Pearce MCICM	Social Media and and Linkedin Officer	07976970817
Sean Frisby MCICM	Event reporting officer	07844484507